The Caryatid

15,000 new 2014 US Pennies

H 84″ x 11″ Diameter

October 2014

A column achieved by notching and joining 15,000 newly minted US shield pennies in a dodecahedral lattice. The Caryatid was created for the group show In __ We Trust: Art and Money at the Columbus Museum of Art.

An icon of ancient Greece, a caryatid is a sculpted maiden taking the place of an architectural pillar. She holds the temple roof aloft in an act both servile and godlike.